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UK’s first air capture plant is turned on to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into jet fuel | Climate News
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The UK’s first-ever direct air capture plant has been turned on to remove CO2 from the atmosphere and turn it into jet fuel. The machine, developed by Mission Zero Technologies in partnership with the University of Sheffield, will run on solar power to recover 50 tonnes of CO2 from the air per year and turn…
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Elon Musk and ChatGPT boss jet in for UK’s AI summit – as Sunak warned of ‘here and now’ threats | Science & Tech News
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Rishi Sunak has been warned not to ignore the “here and now” threats to people’s jobs posed by artificial intelligence, as Elon Musk and the creator of ChatGPT jet in for a landmark UK summit. Bletchley Park is set to welcome more than 100 figures from politics and business from today, including the likes of…
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NASA exploring potential for supersonic passenger jet which could fly from London to New York in 90 minutes | Science & Tech News
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NASA is exploring the potential for a supersonic jet that could take commercial passengers from London to New York in 90 minutes. The US space agency’s Quesst mission was launched in 2016, primarily to design an aircraft with technology that reduces the loudness of a sonic boom: that’s what we hear on the ground when…
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Supermassive black hole shown firing out mysterious jet in first ever image of phenomenon captured by astronomers | Science & Tech News
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A black hole has been pictured expelling a powerful jet for the first time. The image shows a glowing circle at the centre of a galaxy known as Messier 87 (M87), around 55 million light-years from Earth. A light-year is the distance light travels in a year, which is 5.9 trillion miles (9.5 trillion kilometres).…
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Crash landing for dream of ‘guilt-free flying’? Scientists find no clear green alternative to jet fuel | Climate News
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The quest for guilt-free flying may have been knocked off course by a broad study that has concluded there is “no clear or single net zero alternative to jet fuel”. The four most viable alternatives “offer some carbon savings but are not ideal”, according to the review by the Royal Society academy of scientists. Replacing…
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Twitter account which tracked Elon Musk’s private jet is suspended | Science & Tech News
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A Twitter account which tracked Elon Musk’s private jet has been suspended. The automated bot, dubbed @ElonJet, was set up by a university student in Florida to chart the live location of the Tesla and SpaceX founder‘s aircraft. Earlier this year, before he had launched his takeover of the platform, Musk requested that it be…
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Jumbo jet to launch UK’s first rocket into space | UK News
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The jumbo jet that will launch the UK’s first rocket into space has arrived at Cornwall’s Newquay airport. Cosmic Girl, a former Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747, has carried more than 2.5 million passengers on almost 8,300 flights. But now the seats have been ripped out, the upper deck has been converted into a control centre…
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‘Jet zero’: Emission free air travel, future-proofing flying or fantasy? | Climate News
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“The Jet Zero Strategy is designed to future-proof aviation so passengers can look forward to guilt-free travel.” That’s the aim of Grant Shapps and the Department for Transport’s new plan, announced this week, to deliver emission-free air travel by 2050. It sounds great for travellers and it’s got a catchy name, but is it too…